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18 February
2010 @ 16:30 GMT - Charles Cooper
Nico Rosberg was
back in the MGP W01 car today as the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team
continued this weeks test programme in Jerez, Spain. Poor
weather continued to affect the testing action with frequent heavy
rain showers and strong winds causing a frustrating day for the teams
and drivers.
The team worked
hard to make the best of the ever-changing conditions with Nico
completing a wet set-up programme in the morning and focusing on race
procedures including practice pit stops in the afternoon when the
track conditions became too poor for any meaningful running. Nico
completed 71 laps today.
Michael Schumacher
will drive the MGP W01 tomorrow with Nico completing the programme on Saturday.
Nico Rosberg:
On the positive side, we achieved some good mileage today
despite the conditions and completed a lot of our systems work. It
was useful for me to practice pit stops and get into the routine for
the races. However it has been difficult and frustrating with the
weather as were obviously not able to learn as much as we could
with a dry track. But thats the same for everyone and we will
hope for an improvement over the next two days. |